Horse Quotes

Dear horse Lovers,

here is a small collection of fun and true quotes about horses, horsemen and horse lovers.

For those who have horses and for those who don't; for those who practice equestrian disciplines and for those who play sport with horses; for those who have a cat (? yeah, right!) and even for those who never touched a horse, but have already passed near a barn when wearing white clothes... :) yes even for you!.

What do you think? Have you ever experienced this?

Oh I have!

“You can tell a gelding, you can ask a mare, but you must discuss it with a stallion.”

- Source unknown

“The horsey life is an unending journey to the limits of the human mind. It is an attempt to understand, not an alien culture or an alien religion or an alien race, but an alien species. The extraordinary and thrilling affinity between the radically different minds of humans and horses has rewarded both humans and horses for thousands of years. Even in the twenty-first century, we turn to horses. No, let me rephrase that. Especially in the twenty-first century, we turn to horses. Our world is too tame, too comfortable, and our children grow in shopping malls with childhoods circumscribed by pedophilia-phobia and the laws of health and safety. We are becoming a species cut off from all others, and it doesn’t feel good.”

– Simon Barnes

“A man in passion rides a mad horse.”

– Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac

“The only constant thing in life is change, and things can change rapidly when you’re dealing with horses.”

– Pat Parelli

“There is no greater pleasure than a nice ride on a nice horse on a beautiful day”

- Judy Richter, Pony Talk

Murphy’s Laws of Horses:

- No one ever notices how you ride until you fall off.

- The least useful horse in your barn will eat the most grain, requires shoes every four weeks and need the vet at least once a month.

- A horse’s misbehavior will be in the direct proportion to the number of people who are watching.

- Clipper blades become dull just as your horse is half clipped.

- When wearing clean clothes, if you approach your barn within fifty feet, the clothes will be soiled.

- The number of horses you will own increases in direct proportion to the stalls in your barn.

- Baling twine keeps the world together.

- There is no such thing as a sterile barn cat.

- Hoof picks always run away from home.

- If you fall off, you will land on the site of your most recent injury.

“A cowboy describing why he bailed off a bronco he was trying to break: ‘The first buck, he bucked so hard, I lost my stirrups. Then he bucked so high his left hind foot got into the left stirrup. Well, sir, I figured if he’s getting’ on, I’m getting off.”

– Source unknown

“His hooves pound the beat, your heart sings the song.”

– Jerry Sulman